Jack & Spencer's World

This little man does not want to be awake. Is this the rarely studied 8 week growth spurt?

Jenn: Jack, what color is ducky? Jack: Green. Jenn: No, try again. Jack: Purple. Jenn: Ducky's not purple. What color is it? Jack: Bye bye ducky.

What do you think? Justin Spence

Hanging out at one of the neighborhood playgrounds before it gets super hot. Also Spencer now fits into 3 month clothes. Already packing away things he's outgrown. I think he's trying to catch up with his big brother as fast as possible.

When I went into Jack's room yesterday afternoon after his nap, he had a little surprise for me. First I realized that he wasn't wearing a diaper. Then, Jack says, "yucky diaper" and holds up the diaper that he had so helpfully taken off. Visions of poo covered everything race through my head. I'd like to say it was yucky because it was only wet, but I'm not that lucky. There was poop. Fortunately, not that much. No hazmat team was required for the cleanup. Taking the positive view, maybe Jack is one step closer to potty training. For now, we'll make sure that Jack is wearing pants during naps.

This afternoon, Jack found a penny and a quarter on the walk to and from the ice cream shop. This is exciting stuff for a little guy. He carefully held on to each coin along the way. When we got home, I thought it would be cute to introduce the concept of the piggy bank. I pulled down one given to us when Jack was born and proceeded to put the penny in expecting Jack to enjoy the process and the noise. Well, I was wrong. Jack looked at me as if I'd kicked his cat. He was almost in tears - especially after I convinced him to put the quarter in as well. I'm thinking to myself, "Great Jenn. Jack's first exposure to saving is a painful one - what precedent will this set?". With some quick thinking, I grabbed a few other quarters from Justin's change and gave those to Jack. It saved the day. His mood turned around as he had several items to put into the "money saver" as he called it (seriously - those are his words). Phew - hopefully this is the beg...